| CODE | CRI2012 | ||||||
| TITLE | Victimology | ||||||
| UM LEVEL | 02 - Years 2, 3 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 4 | ||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Criminology | ||||||
| DESCRIPTION | Victims are gaining a more prominent status in the media and political commentary. This unit aims to provide students with an understanding of the key issues, theoretical perspectives and debates within victimology, a critical understanding of victim experience, and how the category 'victim' is socially constructed. Study-unit Aims: This unit aims to familiarise students with: 1. the realities of victims and victimology; 2. the individual, societal and cultural explanations to victimology; 3. measures to reduce and prevent victimisation; 4. the process to engage stakeholders in the drafting of a crime prevention strategy. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. explain the historical development of the category 'victim' and victimology; 2. evaluate and explain the differences between state-supported response to victims and those from grass-roots/independent movements; 3. debate the main theoretical perspectives in victimology; 4. analyse the definition(s) and social construction of victims; 5. analyse the impact of social diversity and inequality on victimisation and responses to it. 2. Skills By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: 1. critically appraise political and social processes of victimisation; 2. evaluate and critique both statutory and non-statutory responses to victims and victimisation; 3. critically analyse and evaluate the main issues, problems and processes in measuring victimisation; 4. apply theoretical analysis to the study of victimology. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main: - Bottoms, A. ed. (2007). Victims in the Criminal Justice System: A Need for Rebalancing , Cullompton: Willan Davies, P., Francis, P. and Greer, Chris (2007) Victims, Crime and Society , London: Sage. - Davis, P., Francis, P., Greer, C., (2007). Victims, Crime and Society (London: Sage Publishing). - Farrell, G. & Pease, K. eds. (2001). Repeat Victimisation , Cullompton: Willan Goodey, J. (2005) Victims and Victimology : Research, policy and practice, Harlow: Longman. - Kennedy, L. W. & Sacco, V.F., (1998). Crime Victims in Context , Los Angeles: Roxbury Maguire, M. & Pointing, J. (1988) Victims of Crime, Milton Keynes: OUP. - Spalek, B., (2006).Crime Victims: Theory, Policy and Practice (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan). - Walklate. S. (ed.) (2007). Handbook of Victims and Victimology, Cullompton. Supplementary: - Bottoms, A., Roberts, J.V., (2011). Hearing the Victim: Adversarial justice, crime victims and the State (Abingdon: Routledge). - Mawby, R.I. & Walklate, S., (1994). Critical Victimology , London: Sage. - Newburn, T., (2007). Criminology , Cullompton: Willan (Chapter 17 : 'Victims, victimisation and victimology') Ruback, R.B. & Thompson, M.P. (2001) Social and Psychological Consequences of Violent Victimisation, London: Sage. - Walklate, S., (2007). Imagining the Victim of Crime , Maidenhead: Open University Press. International Journals to include: British Journal of Criminology Violence Against Women Journal of Interpersonal Violence Violence and Victims. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Lecture | ||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Gordon Grech Ann Marie Spiteri (Co-ord.) |
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